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The cheapest sort of pride is national pride. (lemmy.world)
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“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen.”
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[+] -8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

The cheapest sort of pride is pride for your children; for if a man is proud of his own children, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many members of his family.

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